Institute For The Future

Don't Stand By Your Man

“When not feeling sorry for Maria Shriver or the wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Anne Sinclair, I want to scream: Don't stand by your man no matter what, because eventually he will turn on you.” That’s what I wrote in an op-ed in Forbes in May. In the piece I describe an interesting study by two psychologists that points out that our understanding of ourselves is imperfect at best. We need our friends, colleagues, children, parents, and spouses to tell us what everyone else can see but we cannot. So go ahead—do tell. Please.